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The 5th International Workshop on Controlled Language Applications (CLAW) is planned to be held August 12, 2006 as a 1-day post-conference Workshop in conjunction with the AMTA2006 (Association for Machine Translation in the Americas) conference.

The 5th International Workshop on Controlled Language Applications (CLAW) is planned to be held August 12, 2006 as a 1-day post-conference Workshop in conjunction with the AMTA2006 (Association for Machine Translation in the Americas) conference in Cambridge, MA, USA at the Boston Marriott.

On the research front, we are grappling with issues like standardization, design, and evaluation of controlled language systems. On implementation issues, we are particularly interested in studies regarding author productivity and document usability. The workshop will give equal emphasis to the academic, corporate and industrial perspectives, while bringing together researchers, developers, users, and potential users of controlled language systems from around the world.

Submission intention: Abstracts of proposals should be submitted by electronic mail, in plain ASCII text, or as an attachment in Word .doc, RTF, or PDF format, in the following form:

(1) Title (2) Abstract of the paper or poster (from 100-400 words) (3) Author(s)/Presenter(s) Name(s) (4) Author(s)/Presenter(s) Affiliation(s) (5) Name of Author to Contact (6) Full Postal Address (7) E-mail Address (8) Phone Number (including country and city codes, if outside the USA) (9) Fax Number (including country and city codes, if outside the USA)

Submit abstracts to: posteditinggmail.com

Paper submissions: All paper submissions should follow these conventions:

(1) Submissions should be in English (2) 8.5 x 11 inch letter size (3) Single-column, single-spaced, 1-inch margins (4) 12 point font, Times Roman or a similar font (5) Include page numbering (6) From Four (4) up to twelve (12) pages (7) Include title, author(s), and organizational affiliation (if any), snail mail address, e-mail address, and phone number (optional), centered at the top of the first page (8) Include an abstract of about 100 words

The goal of the conference is to bring together researchers working on languages or dialects which do not have an established tradition of work in formal semantics.

Call for Papers

SULA 4: The Semantics of Under-represented Languages in the Americas

May 24- 26, 2007

Universidade de São Paulo - USP São Paulo, SP Brazil

The Department of Linguistics at the University of São Paulo, is pleased to announce the fourth conference on the Semantics of Under-Represented Languages in the Americas. The goal of the conference is to bring together researchers working on languages or dialects which do not have an established tradition of work in formal semantics. We also invite submissions from those working on child languages (acquisition of semantics). We especially encourage abstract submissions from those whose work involves primary fieldwork or experimentation as well as analysis. We strongly encourage the participation of graduate students. The conference will be organized into panel discussions. The paper length will be 30 minutes, plus 15 minutes for discussion.

Jürgen Bohnemeyer ( State University of New York, Buffalo) Yukatek Maya

Lisa Matthewson (University of British Columbia) Lillooet Salish

Andrés Salanova (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) Mebengokre

Mutuá Mehinaku Kuikuro (Terceiro Grau Indígena, Brazil) Kuikuro

Angelika Kratzer (University of Massachusetts, Amherst) is an invited commentator as are all invited speakers.

ABSTRACT SUBMISSION:

Electronic submission is strongly preferred. Send a two-page abstract as attached Word or (preferably) PDF file to anamulerusp.br (subject: ''SULA 4 submission''). Font should be at least 12 point. Include title, author and contact information on a separate sheet. If using ground mail, send three copies of your abstract to: